#BAA235#BAA235

#BAA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA235
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -3.17, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 57.13, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0143 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8143, 36.5386, 8.6390)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA235 #354DBA

analogous

#BA6035 #BAA235 #90BA35

triadic

#BAA235 #35BAA2 #A235BA

tetradic

#BAA235 #35BA60 #354DBA #BA3590

square

#BAA235 #35BA60 #354DBA #BA3590

split-complementary

#BAA235 #3590BA #6035BA

monochromatic

#5B4F1A #8A7927 #BAA235 #D0BB5C #DECF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BAA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA235

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA235	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd73',
    500: '#baa235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa235;
$custom-light: #d2bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA235

secondary

#828FC8

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA235

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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